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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · May 27

📣 Call for papers 📣 for our Special Issue on the Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience of Language Disorders: Exploring the Biological Foundations of Primary Progressive Aphasias

Guest editors: Zachary Miller, Marilu Gorno-Tempini & Bruce Miller

To learn more & submit: direct.mit.edu/DocumentLibr...

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · May 13

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Can the Mismatch Negativity Really Be Elicited by Abstract Linguistic Contrasts?

Abstract. The mismatch negativity (MMN) is an event-related potential component that reflects pre-attentive change detection in the brain. As an electrophysiological index of processing that responds ...

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · May 13

If you're not listening to @smwilson.bsky.social's Language Neuroscience Podcast, you should be! The latest episode langneurosci.org/podcast/#ep33 explores a paper in @jneurolang.bsky.social from Steve Politzer-Ahles and Bernard Jap, and their (positive!) experience with our Registered Report format

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Prof. Dr. Asli Ozyurek @asliozyurek.bsky.social · Mar 21

Excellent paper from @judithholler.bsky.social et al 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · Mar 20

Eyebrow movements as signals of communicative problems in human face-to-face interaction. New paper by Paul Hömke, Stephen C. Levinson, Alexandra K. Emmendorfer & @judithholler.bsky.social
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Eyebrow movements as signals of communicative problems in human face-to-face interaction | Royal Society Open Science

Repair is a core building block of human communication, allowing us to address problems of understanding in conversation. Past research has uncovered the basic mechanisms by which interactants signal ...

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Sebastian Sauppe @sebastiansauppe.bsky.social · Mar 19

Wow! "An Agent-First Preference in a Patient-First Language During Sentence Comprehension", in which we report the first-ever language processing #EEG study on an Austronesian language, is among the 10 most-cited articles in Cognitive Science in 2023! 🧵1/

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Mar 15

bookings close on Friday!

Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Mar 8

Interested in how we can tackle the scourge of research fraud? And meeting people in the delightful city of Oxford? Join us at the FAIRS meeting in April - in-person and online options.
More details and booking form: www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load)

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Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage.bsky.social · Mar 8

JOB ALERT in #language and #linguistics!
Postdoc Position at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.
Job offer here: www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?tas...
We are now looking at a broader candidate pool so do consider applying!
Please repost & share widely!

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Mar 10

Did you know that @jneurolang allows you to submit your manuscript your way? We only require journal specific formatting once your manuscript is accepted. Put your figures in the text and keep reviewers happy 😃 direct.mit.edu/nol/pages/su...

submission-guidelines | Neurobiology of Language | MIT Press

submission-guidelines | Neurobiology of Language | MIT Press Submit Your Article Submission Guidelines All submissions should be made via the Neurobiology of Language online su...

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Mar 6

Does your research investigate how the brain communicates using language? Consider the Neurobiology of Language journal for your next submission. We are fully open access with reasonable APCs. Check out our latest papers direct.mit.edu/nol

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Mar 5

New Call for Papers for a Special Issue: The Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience of Language Disorders: Exploring the Biological Foundations of Primary Progressive Aphasias direct.mit.edu/DocumentLibr...

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Dec 30

Announcing the @jneurolang.bsky.social award for Best Paper of 2023! 👏

Information-Restricted Neural Language Models Reveal Different Brain Regions' Sensitivity to Semantics, Syntax and Context | https://buff.ly/4a6N9VD | by Alexandre Pasquiou, Yair Lakretz, Bertrand Thirion & Christophe Pallier

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Dec 27

Our editorial team congratulate the recipients of Honorable Mention for Best Paper 2023!

Understanding the effects of constraint and predictability in ERP | https://buff.ly/41RGBrP | by @stonekatem.bsky.social @bruno-nicenboim.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy @shravanvasishth.bsky.social & Frank Rösler

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Dec 18

Neurobiology of Language is an #openaccess journal that provides articles across a range of disciplines addressing the neurobiological basis of speech & language. A new issue is out now: https://direct.mit.edu/nol/issue/5/4

Follow @jneurolang.bsky.social to stay current on the latest research!

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · Dec 17

New episode!! 🧠🎙️

A conversation w/ @evfedorenko.bsky.social about the neurobiology of language.

How does the brain support our complex, multi-faceted capacity for language? How much specialization is there? How much plasticity? And how can we figure all this out?

Listen: disi.org/your-brain-o...

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Dec 18

Dissociable Neural Mechanisms for Human Inference Processing Predicted by Static and Contextual Language Models | https://buff.ly/4fpz5Hu | by Takahisa Uchida, Nicolas Lair, Hiroshi Ishiguro & Peter Ford Dominey

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Prof. Dr. Asli Ozyurek @asliozyurek.bsky.social · Dec 17

Last days to submit for the multimodal language workshop in Catania!!https://multimodallanguage.wixsite.com/workshop

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Laura Gwilliams @lauragwilliams.bsky.social · Dec 13

✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz...

looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠

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Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Dec 12

Activity in Occipito-Temporal Cortex Is Involved in Tool-Use Planning and Contributes to Tool-Related Semantic Neural Representations | doi.org/10.1162/nol_... | by @sthibault.bsky.social, Eric Koun, Romeo Salemme, Alice C. Roy, Véronique Boulenger & Claudio Brozzoli

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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · Dec 12

Nominations are open for the Index of Inspiring Black Scientists! We're building a global resource to celebrate and connect inspiring Black scholars in STEM at all career stages. Nominate someone today! Details: forms.gle/7nq5s2xBENUF...

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Alicia Izquierdo @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social · Dec 7

Assistant Prof job in Behavioral Neuroscience at UC Riverside aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02011

Assistant Professor-Behavioral Neuroscience

University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

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Elena Blanco-Suárez @eblancosuarez.bsky.social · Dec 6

Trainees, do you have an amazing mentor (funded by NINDS)? Please nominate them for the Landis award!

Your PIs also like positive feedback and nice gestures from their mentees 😊

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The NINDS Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship by an NINDS Investigator

Excellent mentorship and training are critical to the development of exceptional future scientists. To recognize the contributions and importance of outstanding mentors, the National Institute of Neur...

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Dec 10

Neurobiological Causal Models of Language Processing | doi.org/10.1162/nol_... | by Hartmut Fitz, Peter Hagoort & Karl Magnus Petersson

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Dec 5

🚨 Reminder! 🚨 Submissions are due December 31 🗓️ to our special issue on the white matter connectome supporting speech & language, by Guest Editors @anthonystevend.bsky.social and Pascale Tremblay. Submit your manuscript before the end of the year!

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A diffusion image of the arcuate fasciculus

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thank you to everyone who has followed us here on @bsky.app. Check out our Starter Pack to follow our Editorial Board members too!

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Neurobiology of Language @jneurolang.bsky.social · Nov 3

Neurobiology of Language is now on Blue Sky!

We'll continue exploring the intersections of the brain, speech and language while sharing cutting-edge research and real-world clinical insights. Follow us and join the conversation.

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